Example sentences of "he [adv] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the remains of a childish fancy , created by a story he had read , but it returned to him most vividly at this moment . |
| 2 | His ambition , which was to drive him so hard in later life , resulted in his being made choirmaster by the time he was fourteen — his first taste of authority . |
| 3 | The auburn-haired equestrienne delivered herself of a pithy speech , gave the young man , now scarlet beneath his whiskers , no chance to reply , put out a hand and thrust him physically aside with such force that he staggered back and bounced off the door of Woolworth 's behind him , and strode on . |
| 4 | She 'd invited him back home at that time . |
| 5 | Mining remained a craft until the early part of the last war , with each collier taking a boy as a kind of ‘ apprentice ’ into his stall ; and in some instances trying him out later with another boy , both under supervision in an adjacent stall , until they could prove themselves to be master-craftsmen , able to work the stall and be trusted to look after themselves . |
| 6 | Of course , a tactless dealer irritated him even more at this sort of time . |
| 7 | I am sure that if my hon. Friend maintains his position with his normal consistency , the day will come when the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) will join him yet again in that view . |
| 8 | Among the defectors was one of Charles 's kinsmen : his cousin-once-removed , Pippin , " son of King Bernard of the Lombards ' ( Nithard identifies him very carefully at this point ) . |